“We are Sea Monkeys and cycling proves it. As a bike wheel spins, it is rotating around an imaginary horizontal line that goes through its center, creating a force in the direction of its spin. If you try to change the horizontal axis by falling left or right, the spin translates that push into a turning motion.

During Florida’s 2016 cyclocross season, the supergenius that is Patrick Thomsen bestowed upon us The Patrick Cup International. Initially conjured up to increase the starting fields in singlespeed cx class, it soon morphed into an excuse to incite mayhem and destruction on tricycles. This multifaceted series encompassed many inventive ways to break yourself and get schooled on drifting by 12 year olds.